As the OA movement picked up momentum, there were some watershed moments in the UK: the publication of the Finch Report (2012), which – to the surprise of many – chose the Gold “author pays” model (in which the author or his or her institution pays an APC, or Article Processing Charge) over the GreenContinueContinue reading “From Open Access to Open Research: a summary of developments”
Category Archives: Trends in Publishing
Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press
In September we published a short blog post on audiobooks in order to offer a short overview of this topic. We have since had the opportunity to speak to Kim Williams, Digital and Audio Publisher at Princeton University Press, who kindly gave us an interesting insight into the world of audiobooks in academic publishing. WhenContinueContinue reading “Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press”
Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!
Last month, De Gruyter announced the launch of a new initiative, called University Press Library. From early 2020, De Gruyter’s re-launched e-book platform will provide access to the digital book content of 10 American University Presses – with some of whom De Gruyter has long had distribution agreements; others have newly signed with the Germany-basedContinueContinue reading “Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!”
Audiobooks – more than just a trend?
Audiobooks have been the fastest growing area in consumer publishing, but also in academic publishing they are becoming more and more popular. Undoubtedly the market leader is Amazon’s “Audible” but other audio services like Spotify, Audiobooks.com and various eBook vendors also offer audiobook programmes and some publishers distribute audiobooks on their own ebook platforms orContinueContinue reading “Audiobooks – more than just a trend?”
Finding the truth: Fake News and Academic Publishing
“Fake News” was the “word of the year” in 2017 (according to Collins Dictionaries). It was a buzz-phrase that sprang up the information sector in 2016, when the US presidential election acted as a catalyst. Its importance is increasing in a world where the extent of democracy and true freedom of speech varies hugely acrossContinueContinue reading “Finding the truth: Fake News and Academic Publishing”
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